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G. LISPENARD.

MATCH MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I3, 1918.

1,336,244, Patented Apr. 6,1920,

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GEORGE LISPENARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO 1-1. & F. MATCH MACHINE CORPORATION, or new YORK, N. Y., A.

CORPORATION OF NE'W' YORK.

MATCH-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1920.

To all whom it m (13 concern:

Be it known that I, Grnonon LISPENARD, a citizen of the United Satates, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Match- Machine Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for that class of match machines which have previously prepared splints which are placed in a magazine, hopper, or the like, and then inserted in a carrier preparatory to dipping in the various compositions. In machines of this class the match splints are usually straightened out in parallel cells in the magazine and then inserted in a carrier or the like by some form of delivery mechanism. In all machines of this character there is more or less difiiculty in the magazine because it often happens that slivers or dust will clog one or more cells of the magazine so that the splints will not fall throu h them and there will be vacant spaces in the carrier. Usually the operator will not notice the missing of the splints or gaps in the filled part of the carrier until these gaps show above the hopper of the machine, and when the clogging is discovered, in many machines it is necessary to remove all the splints from the hopper so that the magazine can be cleaned out and the clogging material removed. The

objects of my invention are first, to provide means whereby the operator can observe at once if there is any missing in the delivery of splints to the carrier, and second, to provide a removable front to the magazine which can be instantly taken off or put back so that in case the magazine is clogged he can with a pincers or other tool easily clean out the clogged cells. My invention further consists in an improved removable front and fastening therefor for the magazine.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken vertical section of a portion of a match machine of the kind referred to, showing in a general way the means for delivering splints to the carrier.

Fig. 2 is a broken plan view of the magazine therefor.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the magamm.

Fig. 4c is a front elevation of the magazine with the front plate removed.

' Fig. 5 is a broken plan of the front part of the magazine with the front plate removed, and

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective partly in section showing the inner construction of the front plate.

In match machines of the kind referred to a hopper 10 is generally used which is kept filled with splints below this is a shaker 11 which tends to straighten out the splints, and below this is a magazine 12 having parallel cells presently referred to for holding the splints one above the other and in parallel relation, while below the magazine is splint delivering mechanism 18 which delivers rows of splints to the carrier l l. This can bemovcd along in any usual way, and in the present instance is moved by the pinwheel 15. All the above is more or less conventional, and the arrangement of hopper, shaker. delivery mechanism and carrier may be different in diflerent types of machines, but the magazine which I describe in detail is in a general way common to all the different types.

The magazine has parallel cells formed between the dividing partitions 16 so that. the match sticks 17 will drop one upon the other straight into the cells and be delivered in horizontal rows to the carier 14:. It is in the magazine that clogging is most likely to occur, because the par titions 16 are only a little more than the thickness of the match splint part. It will be seen that where the magazine is provided with a solid front, that is a front rigidly connected to the sides and back, the only way to clear the cells is to remove the splints from the hopper and shaker and then dig them out from the cells. To make access to the cells easy, however, I provide a removable front plate 18 which extends entirely across the cell portion of the magazine, and which can be removed or attached instantly. Various means might be used for attaching and releasing it, but I have shown a convenient and preferred way. As illustrated, shoulder bolts 19 are inserted in the sides of the magazine and project forward therefrom, extending through corresponding holes in the plate 18 Which fits nicely over the pins or bolts 19. These bolts have grooves 20 near their front ends to receive the ends of the sliding latches 21 which as shown have longitudinal slots 22 and guiding and limiting pins 23 extending therethrough. The latches have outturned finger grips 24: which are spaced apart as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the finger grips are normally pressed apart and laterally pressed into engagement with the bolts or pins 19 by a spring 25 which is coiled around a pin 26, this extending through corresponding holes in the grips 24:. It will be seen, therefore that by grasping the finger grips 2 1- and pressing them toward each other, the latches 21 will slide on the bolts 23, thus releasing them from the shoulder bolts 19, and the front plate 18 can be removed thus exposing the whole front of the magazine and enabling any clogged material between the partitions 16 to be easily removed.

In order that the magazine can have the required strength and be substantially as solid as one of the ordinary kind, the plate 18 has ledges .27 on the back side which ex tend vertically and fitsnugly between the partitions 16, these ledges being tapered from the bottom upward to a very thin edge so that they will offer no opposition at the top to the down-falling splints from the shaker.

It will be observed that the details of the mechanism for locking the plate 18 can be changed materially without affecting the principle of the invention.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that in a machine of the type shown, the fact that splints are missing from parts of the carrier would not ordinarily be observed until the carrierhad moved sufficiently to bring the splintsgaps above the top of the hopper 10. To remedy this and provide for instantly detecting whether the splints are be ing properly delivered to the carrier, I arrange a mirror 28 below the splint sticking apparatus insuch a position that it will re flect that portion of the carrier which lies immediately behindthe sticking apparatus to the eyes of the machine operator, as shown by the lines in Fig. 1. Thus any imperfections in the filling of the carrier can be at once detected and they can be almost as quickly remedied by removing the-plate 18 and clearing out the clogged cell or cells.

I claim 1. A magazine for match machines having narrow splint containing parallel cells located at the extreme bottom of the machine hopper and directly vabove the splint inserting means, and a detachable front plate covering the end of the cells and adapted when removed to expose the entire series of cell ends.

2. A magazine for match machines having parallel narrow splint containing cells, and a detachable front plate covering the front ends of the cells, and having ledges fitting between the walls of the cells.

3. A magazinefor match machines having a hopper, said magazine having narrow splint containing cells adapted to support the splints in single rows one above the other and located at the bottom of the hopper and directly above the splint inserting means, a detachable front plate covering the front ends of the cells, and a releasable locking device to secure the front plate to the magazine.

4. A magazine for match machines having a hopper, said magazine being located at the bottom of the hopper and directly above thesplint inserting mechanism, said magazine having narrow splint containing cells, forwardly projecting bolts spaced apart on the magazine, a front plate arranged to slip on over the bolts and cover the front ends of the cells, and a fastening device to secure the front plate to the bolts.

5. A magazine for hopper match machines located at the bottom of the hopper and directly above the splint inserting mechanism, comprising a series of parallel narrow cells, shoulder'bolts projecting forward from the magazine, a front plate covering the cell ends and arranged to fit on over the shoulder bolts, and releasable latches mounted on the front plate and engaging the shoulder bolts.

GEORGE LISPENABD. lVitnesses lVARREN B. HUTGHINSON, M. G. ODoNNELL. 

